This page contains our references on the subject of Explosion
loads and response
27.
“Offshore Decommissioning - Underwater Explosion Loads”,
Decommissioning 1990, Second International Conference, 24-26 April 1990 UMIST.
30.
C.S. Hu, B. Diab & S. Walker, “The Use of Alternative Materials in
Blast and Fire Resistant Structures”, Proc. WEMT 1991, Offshore Operations
Post Piper Alpha, Inst. Mar. Eng., London February 1991.
31.
C.S. Hu, B. Diab, J.R. Williams and S. Walker, “The Use of Lightweight
Materials in Blast and Fire Protection Systems”, OTC 6638, Proc. Offshore
Technology Conference, Houston, May 1991.
32.
S. Walker, C.S. Hu, J.R. Williams, “Assessment of the Blast Resistance
of Offshore Topsides Structures”, OTC 6636, Proc. Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, May 1991.
34.
S. Walker, D. Rogers, B.
Diab, N. Tattersall, “VBLAST - A Computer
Program for the Design of GRP Blast Wall Systems”, OMAE, Calgary, 1992.
36.
OTI 92 590 ISBN 0 11 882061 3 “The Use of Alternative Materials in the
Design and Construction of Blast and Fire Resistant Structures”, (with C S Hu).
42.
N. Tahan, R.W. Nicholson,
S. Walker and D. Tandberg, “The
Design and Testing of a Louvred Blast Relief System”,
3rd Intl. Conference and Exhibition - Offshore Structures Design -
Hazards and Safety Engineering, London,
15 - 16 November 1994.
43.
S. Walker and M. Klair, “The
Escalation Consequences of Accidental Shock Loads”, 3rd Intl. Conference and
Exhibition - Offshore Structures Design - Hazards and Safety Engineering,
London, 15 - 16 November
1994.
46.
FABIG (Fire and Blast Information Group) Article R238, “Sensitivity
Study on Structural Aspects of Fire and Blast (Phase 1)”, Issue 16 May 1996.
47.
S. Walker, M. Howarth and R Martland “Sensitivity of Response of
Structures to Fires and Explosions”, 5th Intl. Conference - Offshore
Structures - Hazard and Integrity Management, London, 4-5 December 1996.
49.
W.P.M.
Mercx, P.C.J de Bruijn, Steve Walker, ‘Development of a
lightweight blast walling system’, Final report of the EU Contract TH/03322/89,
SLP/TNO, December 1996.
50.
FABIG Technical Meeting Notes, ’Blast Resistant Design of Offshore
Structures’, SCI July 1997.
51.
S. Walker, M. Howarth and R
Martland, “Sensitivity of Response of
Topside Structures to Fires and Explosions”, OTO 97 043, HSE Publication, HMSO.
52. 53.
S. Walker, Paper 7.6, “The design of a temporary refuge to resist an
external blast”, ‘ERA Report 99-0808 - Safety on Offshore Installations’ -
Conference Proceedings, 30th November - 1st December 1999,
London U.K.
54.
S Walker, C Rogers, S.
Medonos, ‘Analysis of structural response
measurements – Phase 3B Spadeadam’, OTO 55/2000, HSE Books, 2000.
55.
S Walker, Greg Fairlie, ‘Interpretation of experimental results from
Spadeadam explosion tests’, OTO 2001/086, HSE Books, 2001.
56.
Walker S., Corr B., Tam V., Bucknell J. and O’Connor P., Simplified
Approaches to Fire and Explosion Engineering, Paper 3.3.1, ERA Conference,
‘Major Hazards Offshore’, London 27-28 November 2001, ERA Report 2001-0575
57.
S Walker, Brian
Corr, Vincent Tam, J Bucknell, P O’Connor,
‘Guidance for the protection of offshore structures against fires and
explosions’, MSL Report for BP CH152R002 Draft 1, September 2001 (November
2001 issue used as basis document for new API RP on Fire and Blast Engineering).
58.
S Walker, Brian Corr, Vincent Tam, J
Bucknell, P O’Connor, ‘New
Guidance on Fire and Explosion Engineering’, OMAE 2002, Oslo, Norway, June
2002.
59.
S Walker, Rod Bleach, Steve Carney, Greg
Fairlie, Luke Louca, ‘New
Guidance on the Design of Offshore Structures to Resist the Explosion Hazard’,
OMAE 2003, Cancun Mexico, June 2003.
60.
Authors as above, Part 1 – Guidance on design and operational
considerations for the avoidance and mitigation of explosions – Main
Guidance’, MSL Consortium report, C268900R006 Rev. 2, December 2002. (www.fireandblast.com)
61.
Authors as above, Part 1 – Guidance on design and operational
considerations for the avoidance and mitigation of explosions – Commentary’,
MSL Consortium report, C268900R007 Rev. 2, December 2002. (www.fireandblast.com)
62.
Steve Walker, Graham Morrison,
'Progress on guidance on fires and explosions', ERA Conference 'Major Hazards
Offshore', London, 9th 10th December 2003.
63.
Steve Walker, Sirous Yasseri, 'Exceedance
Curves and the Definition of Load Cases for Explosion Assessment', FABIG
Newsletter Issue 38 January 2004. (also includes comments from other authors and
response)
64.
Steve Walker, Brian
Corr, Vincent Tam, Murray Shearer, 'Response Spectra for
Explosion Loading and Response', OTC 17242, Offshore Technology Conference, May
2005.
65.
Steve Walker, Brian Corr, Vincent Tam, Roland
Martland, Rashid Shahsavar,
“Response spectra for explosion resistant design and assessment”,
OMAE2006-92512, OMAE Conference, Hamburg, Germany, June 2006
66 Steve
Walker, Brian Corr, Vincent Tam, Roland Martland, Rashid Shahsavar, RR484 –
‘Response Spectra for explosion resistant design and assessment’, HSE
Publications October 2006.
67
Steve
Walker, Brian Corr, Roland Martland, ‘Response Spectra for explosion resistant
design and assessment’, FABIG Newsletter, January 2007.
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